New homes must have brick facade

November 25, 2004|By Patricia Trebe.

NEW LENOX — The Village Board approved an ordinance change that will require all future homes built in the town to have brick on 100 percent of the first floor of the structure. The change comes two years after the village allowed a cedar option for homeowners.

Trustee Annette Bowden was the lone dissenting vote against the proposal.

"There is no justification for it," she said. "By eliminating cedar as part of the facade, the homeowners have no other option."

In the last six years, every home that has been built has used the brick option, said Village Administrator Russ Loebe.